We’re all aware that Nintendo prints money. Not content with that fact alone being fresh in gamers minds, Nintendo have released another ten carefully selected tidbits in a recent press release.

* Through the first half of 2007, the total Wii hardware sell-through in the United States and Canada combined is more than 2.3 million units (2.1 million United States, 222,000 Canada).

* For the first half of 2007, Nintendo represents nearly 70 percent of the industry growth in the United States and Canada combined.

* In June alone, Wii was once again the top-selling home console with nearly 435,000 units sold in the United States and Canada combined (381,800 United States, 53,000 Canada).

* In June alone, Nintendo DS was the top-selling video game system overall with nearly 608,000 units sold in the United States and Canada combined (562,000 United States, 46,000 Canada).

* Nintendo remained the top video game publisher in the United States and Canada in June, as well as the top publisher for all of 2007.

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Major Nelson has posted the latest Xbox Live statistics, and yes…people are still fully locked in to Gears of War. Unsurprisingly, Bomberman Live debuted at the top of the Live Arcade charts for the week - check out our review if you haven’t already, or read on for the figures.

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Famitsu has the latest figures illustrating Nintendo’s continued domination of the Japanese market. Since launching in December, over 3 million Wii consoles have been sold in Japan - that’s three times what Sony have managed with the PS3. If that wasn’t enough good news for the board at Nintendo, the DS has just cracked the 18 million mark - yet another milestone on the path to near-ubiquity in Japan.

via Kotaku

GfK have released the Australian game charts for the week ending July 15th, making it perfectly clear that Pokemon is, in fact, the digitized form of crack cocaine.

GfK via IGN